Go ad-free with Premium

Latest

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic nominee for the US Senate, speaks at the Democratic Nominating Convention in Lansing MI, on August 29th, 2026. (Katie McTiernan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed was right about 9/11

Alex Galbraith

If you're going to ask an American how they feel about Sept. 11, you can't get mad at the correct answer

An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia, seen on Aug. 26, 2026. Data centers' economic benefits versus their energy and water demands have become a debate ahead of the midterms. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Data center rebellion causes tech panic

Amanda Marcotte

Silicon Valley billionaires hope to buy their way out of democracy

Lindsay Clancy and defense attorney Kevin Reddington listen to testimony at Plymouth Superior Court, Aug. 18, 2026. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Lindsay Clancy and a system on trial

Jesselyn Radack

The Massachusetts mother badly needed mental health treatment. America staged a show trial instead

A Trump executive order to limit mail-in ballots just hit a roadblock as a federal court ruled against the administration to enforce the order. But there's still four months until the midterms. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Getty Images)

Perils of rushing mail ballot systems

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

The anonymous whistleblower described the Postal Service’s work on systems as “secretive, rushed, chaotic"

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport on March 24, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICE is arresting more people than ever

Troy Farah

New data on immigration arrests continues to break records

Chef cooking for social media (Oscar Wong / Getty Images)

Chefs don't just cook anymore

Francesca Giangiulio

As chefs expand into fashion, travel and social media, the boundaries of restaurant culture are shifting with them

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pounces on the press in a panic

Sophia Tesfaye

From the president to the Pentagon, the administration appears to be in a spiral

Mural in Caracas depicting an oil pumpjack against a Venezuelan flag. (Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's slimy Venezuela oil deal

Heather Digby Parton

President once said Venezuela's oil was the dirtiest in the world. Now he's trying to steal it

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, greets supporters at the Brasília airport, May 28, 2026. (Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images)

US backs autocrats, calls it democracy

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Trump regime is supporting a range of ruling-class right-wing leaders who will do as America orders

Russell Vought, former acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies before Congress on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. (om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

How Vought reshaped regulation

Andy Kroll - ProPublica

Vought and his allies have reshaped the CFPB into an industry-friendly, less aggressive regulator

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos gives a statement after a court hearing on August 19, 2024 in West Islip, New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Kalshi kicks out George Santos forever

Troy Farah

Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled 3-0 that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling

Cairo Cash Lee in "Lanterns" (John Johnson/HBO Max)

The familiar double standard in Lanterns

Melanie McFarland

John Stewart's origin story mirrors every Black kid raised for greatness, then denied it

Zucchini muffin ingredients (Ashlie Stevens )

A brownie-muffin for zucchini season

Ashlie D. Stevens

A fudgy zucchini muffin, cold salted butter and the family language of asking, “What can I make you?”

Anti-Trump protesters in Nathan Phillips Square near Toronto City Hall, March 22, 2025. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Why Canada is ready to fight

Andrew O'Hehir

How much do you know about the War of 1812? To Canadians, it was unprovoked Yankee aggression

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally as part of his "New American Dream Tour" in Beeville, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2026. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Voters are finally over MAGA corruption

Amanda Marcotte

Jon Ossoff and James Talarico are polling well with a clean government message

Attendees react during a public comment meeting  over xAI's permit application to use gas turbines for a new data center in Tennessee. (Brandon Dill / Getty Images)

Big Tech's "local control" con

Nicholas Liu

Underfunded local governments are no match when data center developers come calling

(Douglas Rissing via Getty Images)

Don’t trust the name on the PAC

Brian Sheppard, Andrew Moshirnia - The Conversation

Our research explores the practice of giving laws and PACs names designed to manipulate voter perception

Dutch authorities issued a warning about a potentially lethal drug the shape of Trump's head. (Courtesy of Trimbos Institute of Mental Health)

Just say no to Trump — the drug, that is

CK Smith

Dutch officials issue a “Red Alert” over potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped like Donald Trump's head

President Donald Trump (right) regularly calls on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to censor or punish what he views as unfavorable news coverage, commentary and journalists. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Trump on bad press? “FCC TO THE RESCUE!"

CK Smith

The president again called for federal intervention against news coverage, journalists and commentary he dislikes

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration is in hot water over a grand jury's findings of misappropriation of funds. But no charges have been filed. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Grand jury: DeSantis admin misused $10M

CK Smith

Jurors found taxpayer money was misappropriated for political purposes — but no one will face charges

Will Forte in "Coyote vs. Acme" (Ketchup Entertainment)

It's critical you see "Coyote vs. Acme"

Coleman Spilde

If the latest "Looney Tunes" film doesn't get the support it deserves, Warner Bros. wins

Dining car on The Ghan (Journey Beyond)

Crocodile dumplings, kangaroo by rail

Katie Lockhart

Kangaroo loin, crocodile dumplings and wattleseed ice cream aboard Australia's Ghan train

Lena Dunham attends the New York premiere of the sixth and final season of "Girls" on Feb. 2, 2017. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

What defines millennial television?

Alex Galbraith

The internet can't agree on what makes a show millennial. "Girls" provides the key

White supremacists carry torches during a march at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 11, 2017, the night before the "Unite the Right" rally. (Zach D Roberts / NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The GOP's "blood and soil" obsession

Heather Digby Parton

The nativist doctrine lives on in JD Vance's vision for the US

« Previous
Page: 1
Next »